The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has a new resident conductor and Youth Symphony music director.

He’s Ward Stare, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s League of American Orchestra’s Conducting Fellow. The former principal trombone of Lyric Opera of Chicago, Stare, a Juilliard…

IF YOU GO: Marin Alsop and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Powell Symphony Hall, 718 N. Grand

3 p.m. Sunday, April 28

$15.50 to $105; 314-534-1700 or www.slso.org

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra has made an art of well-constructed programs…

Some of us have wondered how long it would take the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra to drop its Thursday night series. They’ve never been well-attended, and the last time I was there (last season; the Post-Dispatch no longer runs reviews…

The dates haven’t been released yet, but the 2008-09 Carnegie Hall programs for David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra have been. Extracted from the news release from Carnegie Hall:

‘…David Robertson leads the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra in…

NOTE: Due to a space shortage in Sunday’s A&E section, this story had to be cut severely. Here’s the whole thing.

It may be strange, but it’s gorgeous.

The music of Olivier Messiaen, that is. Messiaen was the most important…

The musical part of the program for the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra’s Powell Symphony Hall 40th birthday celebration has been announced:

“Solace” by Scott Joplin, performed by Barbara Liberman

The first and last movements of Symphanie Espagnole by Lalo, with…

STLtoday.com has new blog software, and it should make the site easier to use for Post-Dispatch bloggers — once we figure out all of its fine points, at least. (I ask readers of Classical Music/Culture to bear with me during…

You probably didn’t read it here first — but you definitely won’t see it here last: STLToday’s blogs are getting new software.

The good news is that we’ll be able to offer some helpful new features. The bad news is…

Lorin Maazel was never seen as much more than a caretaker music director for the New York Philharmonic, but it’s turned into a seven-year run. The Phil announced its 2008-09 season on Thursday. Maazel’s last hurrah will come on June…

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